Holder for laundried shirts.



No. 886,795. PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

N, J. GOODMAN, HOLDER FOR LAUNDRIED SHIRTS.

A'PPLIOATIONTILED JULY 11. 1907.

In: NORRIS PETERS ca, wlsmrmron. 0.1:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN J. GOODMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SIMPLEX SELF HOLDING CARTON COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

HOLDER FOR LAUNDRIED SHIRTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 11, 1907.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN J. GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Laundried Shirts, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part hereof.

My invention relates to a holder for laundried shirts, and the object 'of my invention is to construct a holder for shirts which is particularly adapted for use in laundries, and

,by shirt dealers, and upon which holder laundried shirts are folded and held and so delivered to the patron, and by the use of which holder a shirt is held in a neat and convenient manner without the use of pins or bands, the putting on of which requires much time and labor.

A further object of my invention is to construct a packing device and holder for laundried shirts, which may be readily adjusted so as to receive shirts of different sizes, and the bosoms of which vary in width.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder and packing card of my improved construction; Fig. 2 is a View of a shirt folded and in position upon the holder or card; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the metallic clips or keepers such as is made use of on the upper ends of the holder; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clips or keepers made use of on the lower ends of the holder; Fig. 5 is an edge view of the holder on which is positioned a folded shirt.

In the construction of my improved holder, I make use of a pair of strips 1, of

cardboard, or analogous material, which are alike in size and form, and one of which strips is positioned across the other, and there being an eyelet or rivet 2 passing through the centers of the strips, and upon which eyelet or rivet said" strips swing.

Located on the outer edges and upper ends of the strips 1 are metallic clips 3, each of which comprises a plate 4, which is positioned directly upon the strip of cardboard, and applied thereto by means of integral prongs 4. Formed integral with the outer end of this plate 4 is a narrow strip 6, and formed integral with the outer end thereof is a disk 7, onwhich may be embossed or stamped advertising matter, or the name of the laundry or dealer handling the shirts which are packed on the holder.

Clips 8 are arranged on the lower ends and outer edges of the strips 1, and each of said clips comprises a plate 9, which is secured to the cardboard by means of integral prongs 10; and formed integral with the side edges of the plate are the rows of vertically dis-. posed teeth 11.

Formed integral with the outer edge of each plate is an outwardly projecting tongue or strip 12', which is adapted to be folded over into position'between the rows of teeth 11.

The use of my improved holder is as follows: After the sleeves of the shirt have been folded into position beneath the body portion thereof, said shirt is laid with the bosom downward, and with the lower portion of the body of the shirt directly upon the holder, with the extreme lower end of the body of the shirt at the upper ends of the strips 1. When so positioned, the bosom and upper portion of the body of the shirt project below the lower ends of the strips 1, and the tongues or strips 12 of the clips or keepers 8 are now bent over onto the portion of the shirt lying immediately over the plates 9, and thus the edges of the shirt are clamped between the tongues 12' and the teeth 11. The bosom and upper portion of the body of the shirt is now folded over onto the holder, and the lower portion of the shirt lying thereon, thus bringing the bosom of the shirt into proper position, after which the disks 7 are bent over onto the side edges of the shirt bosom, adjacent the yoke. Thus the shirt is held in a very compact and convenient manner, with the bosom properly exposed, and with no part of the holder eX- posed, with the exception of the disks 7 on which appears the name or-advertisement of the laundry, or shirt dealer. The sections 1 swinging or hinging upon the eyelet 2 are readily adjustable to all sizes of shirts, and the shirts when in position are held at four points, and are delivered to the customer in a neatly folded condition.

I claim:

1. A laundried shirt holder, comprising a pair of cardboard strips pivotally connected at points intermediate their ends, and ductile clips carried by the ends of said strips.

one another when the holder is adjusted for use, and means carried by the ends of the members for engaging the shirt when the 15 2. A laundried shirt holder, comprising a holder is in use.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speclfieatlon, 1n presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHAN J. GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD -E. LONGAN, M. P. SMITH. 

